These are some of the designs I've done for our event in Alamogordo….. What do you think guys…? Now I have to do the fabrics to accompany them…. stripes, stars, mountains etc……
Category: Capture & Create
The passion of performance.
Sun, music, good food and the privilege of sharing time with talented people from around the globe has been a gift these past four days. However, there is a tinge of sadness and despair as we watch in horror the events as they unfold in Japan. We have a Japanese daughter and Rimiko… and…
Beautiful patterns and colors.
I was privileged to hear wonderful music and photograph brilliant colors yesterday. My Womade Gallery.
The gumboots song and getting zapped by the electric fence in my jamas.
Sunday morning has traditionally been my morning get out the iron. With a mountain of school uniforms to iron and my husbands shirts…. I set about this huge task before breakfast every sunday… I still do it now (to a lesser extent). I listen to an Iconic radio program Australia all over. It used to…
The quilt is finished. (sort of)
I've finished the quilt, but I'm not happy with the binding so that will have to come off and be re-done. What I've found is that the muslin (cheesecloth) stretches at a different degree to the cotton base… the quilt is completely flat, but I think I will block it and put the binding…
The big fish quilt stage 3.
Hours and hours of quilting today…… I've cropped the photo… and I'm happy with the results…but there is a lot more quilting to do… the rest will all be free motion quilting now. The big fish needs to be quilted on and it will blend a lot better…. I can add more color to the…
Amazing….
This was on facebook today…. I'm stunned.
My Big Fish Quilt in process.
This is how the quilt began late last night. The background fabric was sandwiched and then I fused the cut out fish onto the quilt. I had to shift the pins on some occasions. I was anxious to see what it was going to look like so I stitched a few lines through the centre…
Is there a right side to batting.?
Is there a right side and a wrong side to batting? "Yes. The side with "flecks" (plant and leaf particles) is the top side. The whiter side is the bottom side. If you iron a quilt or wearable made with Warm & Natural, press with the top side toward the iron and make sure…